Fire District 6 firefighters quickly extinguished a kitchen fire Tuesday in an apartment in Hazel Dell, preventing it from spreading to other units.
The Red Cross is providing assistance to a Vancouver family of four due to the fire, according to the agency’s Cascades Region office.
An initial call about the fire came in at 3:38 p.m. at the Parklane Apartments, 10265 N.E. Notchlog Drive, and firefighters were on scene a minute later, said fire district spokesman Dave Schmitke. The fire district deployed three of its engines and Vancouver Fire sent assets, as well, Schmitke said.
When responders arrived, they spotted smoke escaping the back of an upstairs apartment, Schmitke said.